WSJ’s Sara Murray Answers Your October Jobs Report Questions

Nonfarm payrolls rose by a greater-than-expected 151,000 last month as private-sector employers added 159,000 jobs. But what will the impact of those numbers be? Which sectors added jobs? And what will it take in new hiring to dent the 9.6% unemployment rate? WSJ economics reporter Sara Murray fielded those questions and more in a live chat with readers.

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